Welcoming Spring, Celebrating Dental Assistants

ABSTRACT

[...]as she puts it, "once a dental assistant, always a dental assistant." Dental assisting instructor Betty Sindelar has dealt with those challenges firsthand, and in "Teaching Online During COVID-19 and Beyond," she describes some of her program's creative solutions to the dilemma of online teaching-and learning-in a field where hands-on experience is so vital. Reena Kuba, DDS, MS, has a passion for pediatric dentistry and a commitment to nurturing healthy oral health routines in children. Because good oral health habits lead to better lifelong oral health, in "Barriers to Children's Oral and Dental Health," Dr. Kuba offers some suggestions for dental professionals and parents on mitigating fears and overcoming the most common hurdles to good pediatric dental care.